| Officers and
Board of Directors |
Charles Sangmeister, Pres.
Heather Hasbrook
Mary Schimmele
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| Business After Hours |
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Business After Hours is a fun event which gives members and guests a chance to visit and network in a social setting. Everyone is welcome! Food & drinks are provided by the hosts! Dress is casual, so come as you are! Admission is FREE.
Showcase
your place of business and what you do. If
you don't have a place of business in which to hold an event,
you can partner with someone who has a facility.
for 2009.
NEXT SCHEDULED EVENT
April 30, 2009
Special K Ranch
(10 miles West of Park City and
8 miles East of Columbus)
To host a Business After Hours,
contact the Chamber at 322-4505.
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Monthly Meetings |
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The Chamber's meetings are held on the first Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM. You're invited to join us!
NEXT MEETING
Tuesday, February 3rd
6:00 PM at Cobblestone School
(basement)
in Absarokee
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| Member To Member
Discount Program |
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Chamber Members: Do business with your fellow chamber members!
Following is a list of member businesses which offer member discounts thru our Member to Member Discount Program. Tell them the chamber sent you! To participate in this FREE program and generate more business for YOUR company, contact Juliana at 322-4550, and we will add you to the list.
Avanta Federal Credit Union
Possible reduction on loan rates or increase on certificate rates.
Free design consultation and floor plan customization, plus 1% off Expedition Log Home package.
10% discount on trips
Free Market Analysis
(does not include promotional rate)
10% off room rates
on overnight accommodations
Will waive any set-up or delivery/pickup fees - a $10 to $75 value! (in a 50-mile radius of Columbus)
15% discount on orders over $50.00
10% off total purchase of non-discounted items
20% off store items, excluding hats
15% off on all flowers and gifts
Houseworks
Free one-hour consultation for Home Staging, Redesign, or Decorating
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| Community Events |
We need your 2009 Event Updates
Does your group or organization have upcoming events?
so it can be added to the Chamber's Community Events Calendar
on our web site.
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Bernard P. Thomas Limited Edition
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These prints are published in numbered limited editions
of 300 and are available for purchase at $60 each
or $500 for a complete set (of the same number).
Currently available prints "Winter Quarters on the Yellowstone,"
"Crossing the Yellowstone," "Wheat Basin" and "Gazing on the
Beartooths" will be delivered upon purchase of the set.
Additional prints will be delivered upon publication.
*Note: We will be happy to accommodate number preferences when available (Numbers 1/300 - 50/300 sold in sets only).
Price Each: $60
(quantities of ten or more of the same print: $55 each)
Stillwater County Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 783
Columbus, MT 59019
ALL PROCEEDS from the sale of prints go to the Stillwater Community Visitor Center Building Fund.
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| Committee Openings |
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We would welcome your participation and expertise on any of the following Chamber Committees:
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Marketing and Tourism
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Budget and Finance
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Membership, Business Recognition and Events
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Business Development and Education
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Visitor/Museum Information Center
In order for the Chamber to remain a successful resource for its members, area residents, and tourists, we rely on volunteers!
Thank you for your support!
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Chamber Members
Get FREE Advertising
"A picture is worth a thousand words."
Our web site gets up to 80,000 hits
per year. Attract more customers to your business...with pictures!
This is a free service
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| Insurance for
Chamber Members |
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| Yellowstone Country
Web Site |
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| Montana's Official State
Web Site |
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| Ad Space is Available |
We offer advertising space at very affordable rates in our E-Blasts, Quarterly Newsletters, and on our Web Site.
The Chamber is a not-for-profit organization.
We appreciate your support!
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| SBDC Offers FREE Technical Assistance on Feb. 4th |
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| 2009 Governor's Conference on Tourism & Recreation |
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| MARCH 30-31, 2009
The
2009 GOVERNOR'S CONFERENCE ON TOURISM & RECREATION will be held on
March 30-31, 2009, at the RED LION COLONIAL HOTEL in Helena, MT. Join us for two days celebrating all things Montana. Read more...
TRAVEL MONTANA
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
301 South Park Avenue, PO Box 200533
Helena, Montana 59620-0533
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| 2009 Travel and Recreation Outlook and Trends |
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The ITTR announces another publication, our annual outlook newsletter, the "2009 Travel and Recreation Outlook and Trends."
This article displays Montana travel trends from the past and looks
into the future for Montana travel in 2009. You can view or
download the article by clicking the following link: http://www.itrr.umt.edu/research09/2009%20Outlook%20Newsletter.pdf
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research (ITRR)
College of Forestry and Conservation
The University of Montana
Missoula, MT 59812
itrr@forestry.umt.edu
406-243-5686
fax: 406-243-4845
www.itrr.umt.edu
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Tourism in Montana's Indian Country |
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| A new report from ITRR
Institute for Tourism and Recreation Research (ITRR)
College of Forestry and Conservation
The University of Montana
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| Billings to hold 2009 Ag Appreciation Banquet on February 20 |
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 News from Billings Chamber of Commerce
This year's banquet is scheduled for Friday, February 20, 2009 at the Holiday Inn Grand Montana Convention Center. The
musical entertainment will be provided by Moore & Moore. The
country duo has had five Number One hits including, "Out with the Old"
which stayed at Number One for seven weeks on the Independent Charts.
Read more about the Banquet...
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| Governor's Arts Awards Accepting Nominations |
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Nominations are now being accepted online for the Governor's Arts Awards 2010.
The Governor's Arts Awards program honors outstanding citizens and
organizations in Montana whose achievements in the arts benefit all
Montanans.
Nominations and support materials must be submitted by April 26, 2009.
For questions, please contact:
Cinda Holt
Montana Arts Council c/o
514
Winters
Lane
Stevensville, MT59870
(406)
777-0090
cholt@montana.com
Christy Stiles
Montana Arts Council
P.O. Box 202201
Helena, MT59620-2201
(406) 444-6425
cstiles@mt.gov
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Montana: Runner Up for 2008 State of the Year Award |
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| Statistics for Montana focused on alternative energy
Business Facilities magazine recently announced their State of the Year Award.
The award is based on data submitted by states on their five largest
projects, measured by total capital investment and by creation of new
jobs. The winner for 2008 was Michigan.
Finishing
in second place was the State of Montana, with over $8.5-billion in
investment, creating some 5,000 new jobs. Most of Montana's new
projects revolved around the multifaceted energy industry, including a
coal-to-liquid facility, a crude oil pipeline, a coal mine and two new
wind power companies.
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New Options Now Available on Chamber's Web Site |
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For
the benefit of our members and site visitors, we're pleased to announce
that the Chamber's web site has several exciting new features:
We plan to give folks the option to pay membership dues on line. Our Webmaster, Ken Millman of Big Sky Prints, will bring this option live in the next few days.
Also new are additional photos in several communities, compliments of Randy Parthe.
If
you have any comments or suggestions for the web site, we'd love
to hear them. Please email to Maria at admin@StillwaterCountyChamber.com.
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| Workplace Safety and CPR Training Offered in Billings |
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| Heartsaver Courses are now available
Workplace safety is not only a high priority for local businesses but a requirement for many employees. To
meet those needs, the Northwest Research & Education Institute
(NWREI) Community Training Center offers American Heart Association©
(AHA) Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), First Aid and Automatic
External Defibrillator (AED) training for first-time certification and
renewal.
You and your employees can view our current schedule at www.nwrei.org
and register for any Heartsaver® course by calling 406.238.6182.
If you would like to schedule a course specifically for your staff,
please call the Community Training Center at 406.237.5304.
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| Wrestling with Risk |
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| Strategic Management - from CFO Magazine
Risk management is all the rage now -- due largely to its spectacular failures in the lead-up to the economic crisis.
Last
August, when Virgin Mobile CFO John Feehan spotted signs of looming
bankruptcy at Circuit City, a retail outlet for his company's cell
phones, he didn't sit idly by. Instead, Virgin Mobile tightened
billing terms, demanded cash payments, and adjusted shipments
daily. When Circuit City finally filed for bankruptcy in
November, the bad news did not leave Virgin Mobile stuck with a pile of
illiquid receivables.
A
survey finds that nearly 50% of CFOs plan to overhaul their
risk-management policies and practices, and many are looking for a
systematic approach. Modest IT improvements can help, but experts
warn that formal "enterprise risk management" plans will fail, if they
aren't integrated with the organization's culture.
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| Filmmaker Ken Burns Creates New Documentary on Yellowstone National Park |
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| From an article by Bozeman Daily Chronicle's Staff Writer, Gail Schontzler
Most Montanans figure they know all about Yellowstone Park,
yet filmmaker Ken Burns showed he's still a master storyteller who can
surprise even local audiences with the history of America's first
national park.
Recently,
an audience of about 700 at Bozeman's Emerson Theatre stood to applaud
and cheer after seeing a 50-minute sneak preview of the new 12-hour
Burns documentary "The National Parks - America's Greatest
Idea." It will air this Fall over six nights on PBS.
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| BBB Alert |
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| Security breach on MasterCard accounts
Many
financial institutions across the United States have received
information from MasterCard Fraud Management indicating that some
cardholders are at risk for unauthorized charges, due to a data breach which occurred at Heartland Payment Systems, a U.S. based credit card processing center.
Visit www.2008breach.com for more information.
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| From Harvard Business Review:
Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions |
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Neuroscience reveals what distorts a leader's judgment. Here's how you can keep your own judgment clear.
Decision-making lies at the heart of our personal and professional lives.
Every day we make decisions. Some are small, domestic, and
innocuous. Others are more important, affecting people's lives,
livelihoods, and well-being. Inevitably, we make mistakes along
the way. The daunting reality is that enormously important
decisions made by intelligent, responsible people with the best
information and intentions are sometimes hopelessly flawed.
Read more...
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| Contacting Your Legislators |
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At a teleconference which the Billings Chamber
held with a local area delegation, the question was asked about the
best method of contacting legislators. Overwhelmingly,
e-mail was the preferred method. They did caution that
because of the overwhelming number of e-mails that they get, it is
often difficult to respond to all of them. They give preference
to those who live in their district.
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How To Inspire Workers In Tough Times |
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 Help employees stay emotionally connected to their work throughout the recession
Despite living through possibly the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, some offices may still be filled with truly motivated people...
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| Billings: Montana's Trailhead
Where Ya Headin'? |
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Over
the last year and a half, Billings has undergone a process
including over a thousand online surveys, community workshops, service
group presentations, strategic envisioning sessions and countless hours
of planning and creative. The result of this process has brought to life the new branding for the Billings community.
Billings is Montana's city - where people share a common belief in family, opportunity, and adventure...
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